The Sea Wolves (Keep Case Packaging)
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Movie Reviews of The Sea Wolves (Keep Case Packaging)
Movie Review: How would you like to blow up two or three enemy ships in a neutral harbor?
Summary: 3 Stars
The film opens with incredibly accurate information that Forty-six freighters were sunk by the German submarines in the Indian Ocean in the past few weeks... The U-boats know exactly where and when to strike...
On one hand, we also know that the Portuguese authorities dismantled the ships' radios when they gave them permission to stay there... On the other, if Radio Monitoring is right, and the transmitter is actually in the harbor, it must be on a ship...
Not being able to break the code, the British Intelligence has to find out from where the information to those U-boats originates... To find whoever heads the spy ring, and to get rid of the transmitter without forgetting to violate Portugal's neutrality...
Now if a British Commando cannot violate Goa's neutral status, they might have to turn to amateurs... The Light Horse has not been in action as a unit since the Boer War in 1900... If they were caught, it might be taken as a drunken escapade... We are speaking about ex-soldiers on holiday, stealing a river ferry, sailing it the whole way round India from Calcutta to Cochin... and then heading for the neutral port of Mormugoa, Portuguese colony...
In that port, at anchor is a German ship, the Ehrenfels... Their job is to seize that ship, or sink her where she is... Also in that port are two other German ships so if they can knock them off at the same time, so much the better...
As you can see it is a crucial operation where many allied lives might be saved...
David Niven is the only man with any experience at sea...Charlie Wilton will remain aboard to nurse the engine of the old tub... Trevor Howard will have his only chance to settle accounts for his boy killed in Burma... Roger Moore has to deal with some spies... Peck has to lead the whole suicide adventure...
The film moves along beautifully, reaching an exciting and tense climax... Don't miss it!
Movie Review: Could Have Been Better!
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a decent movie with some high profile lead actors. However, Barbara Kellerman does not impress as the female lead. Her acting is wooden, expressionless, and amateurish in my opinion. I can't believe they couldn't have done better.
One aspect that knocks a star off of my rating is the fact that they didn't bother to give the actors haircuts that were appropriate to the WWII period. Also, the clothing is not period-accurate as well. In fact, you have to keep reminding yourself this is supposed to be in the 40's rather than 1980! This does detract quite a bit, and there are other odds and ends that show the lack of detail given to this picture. Too bad, since the top-name actors and interesting, true-to-life plot make this a worthwhile movie otherwise!
Movie Review: Sea Fair
Summary: 3 Stars
This beloved WWII saga is fairly irresistible, even if it's never quit as good as you want it to be. The first half is some flavorful, if slow moving, cloak-and-dagger spy stuff in wartime India. Then we get to the Sea Wolves tale of golden oldies doing their part for the war effort, and the tone becomes agreeably rousing.
Peck tries, and he's likable if simply not convincing. Always lackadaisical Moore isn't helped by his character being so foolish. For the final scenes you're on the edge of your seat, not just in suspense, but as you worry about frail David Niven taking a fall.
Not a classic, but fun.
Movie Review: Buyer beware
Summary: 3 Stars
A great cast in a so-so movie. However, it is fun to watch the cast chew through the scenery with obvious relish. They are having much too much fun for this to taken too seriously.
But beware, the wide screen version isn't!
Movie Review: Just Awful
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie has a great cast (all of my favorites), but you can tell from the long hair styles and 70's coloring of the filming that it is a more modern film. It had great potential. Gregory Peck is Gregory Peck. It is hard to not get a great performance out of him, but even he can't hold this film up. Roger Moore looks aged, as well as David Niven and Gregory Peck. It fails to capture the same drama of "The Guns of Navarone." The sea attack on the anchored German freighter was hokey and not very believable. Not a bad B-movie, just not really worth more than $5.00 to see it. For free, go ahead and see it!